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The NYCTF program has lots of great attributes. Administration as it relates to the selection process is not one of them.

I interviewed with the Fellows program on December 20, they told me at the end that a decision would probably come in 5-6 weeks but that it could come as late as early February.

I noticed on their site they keep having new application deadlines, with a “final” one on Feb. 9. I am wondering if they’re now holding off all decisions until after that deadline? Maybe they’re awaiting the state budget/federal aid? This is strange giving how this will be a smaller cohort than before.

Which I thought a bit strange because I thought it was all “rolling” admission. This is what the Fellows program told me when I asked what would happen if I was late due to any Metro North delays from the previous day’s snowstorm (I live in southern Westchester) and they said that while they could accomodate if that happened as long as I kept in good communication with them, that my chances of getting in were better if I made an effort to come now rather than postpone my interview into January because it’s rolling an all.

So who knows, I’m as much on pins and needles as you are. Keep in mind that getting in just guarantees the training program in the summer, technically it does not guarantee a teaching job. Most years everyone gets a job, but there was some issue this year because you have until January to get a position and about 10% of the fellows still didn’t have one, I think they now extended that until mid-February.

The site says that about 1 in 8 applicants will get in (now there’s some other section of that site that seems to show that 1 in 6 get offers, and about 2/3 of them accept). I don’t know what percent of applicants get interviews; I got one and my wife (who also applied) didn’t. Good luck.

No one has been accepted yet. NYCTF stated that they are only sending rejection letters and decision pending letters. They “expect” to have final decisions sent out by March 27th. It’s been a long time, and I truly hope they have the final decisions out so that folks can finally make plans…Good Luck to you Justin…

I was just deferred again on April 17. They say now that they have accepted some, but rejected many more and I continue to be part of a select group. I wish that budgeting was more transparent. Does anybody have any clue, or was anybody else told otherwise? Was this the bulk hiring date? Urg! I guess, what will be, will be.